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Joining four-star center Sam Funches and German combo guard Jack Kayil in the 2026 recruiting class, four-star wing Luca Foster from Link Academy in Branson, Missouri (previously with Archbishop Carroll in Radnor, Pennsylvania), has pledged himself to coach Mark Few and the Zags. Foster went on his official visit to the Kennel last week when […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Check out the second episode of the 2025-26 season from Free Ira Brown! Support the show at patreon.com/freeirabrown. Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Four-star recruit Sam Funches is following in a prominent lineage of dominant big men to come through the Gonzaga program. Kelly Olynyk, Zach Collins, Domantas Sabonis, Chet Holmgren are just a few that come to mind. The 6-11 leftie has a 7’5 wingspan, bringing a soft touch when finishing around the basket and rim protection […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 1 month ago | 1 read
Always an exciting day inside the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, for all 12 schools a part of the West Coast Conference in 2025-26. On the women’s side, Oregon State (nine first-place votes, 119 points) was named the favorite to win the conference, while Gonzaga (three first-place votes, 111 points) is picked as the […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 1 month ago | 1 read
The 2025–26 season has barely begun, but Gonzaga fans have already been given their first real hints of just how valuable Ismaila Diagne will be for the Zags this year. Through the Kraziness in the Kennel scrimmage and the exhibition win over Northwest University, the 7-foot sophomore has moved from theoretical upside to observable influence. […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
In their fashionable red/blue warm-up pants, it was redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, senior guard Adam Miller, senior guard Steele Venters, junior forward Braden Huff, and senior Graham Ike getting the starting nod for Gonzaga pregame versus the NAIA Northwest Eagles from nearby Kirkland, Washington. It was strange to see some open seats in the […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Sunday, October 19th at 2:00 p.m. PT on SWX Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Make it make sense as to why the NCAA denied Gonzaga transfer Tyon Grant-Foster’s appeal for an eligibility waiver. He started his first two collegiate basketball years at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, from 2018 to 2020. The NCAA suddenly made it possible for certain college athletes before the start of the 2025-26 […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Gonzaga basketball is officially back—even if the season hasn’t technically started yet. The Zags open exhibition play on Sunday, October 19, at the McCarthey Athletic Center with a tune-up against Northwest University, an NAIA program out of Kirkland, Washington, that finished 5-23 last year but brings back two starters, including leading scorer Trent Williams. The […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 1 read
Just two weeks after experiencing Kraziness in the Kennel and receiving “We want Funches” chants from the Kennel Club, four-star center Sam Funches in the 2026 recruiting class decided to become a Zag. The Germantown product is following in a prominent lineage of dominant big men to come through Spokane (Kelly Olynyk, Zach Collins, Domantas […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Gonzaga and San Francisco will play each other for the third straight season at the Chase Center on February 18th on ESPN, the home of the Golden State Warriors and Golden State Valkyries. It’s just not the same; I would much rather watch these two West Coast Conference opponents go up against each other at […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The strength of Gonzaga’s roster in 2025-26 isn’t in its stars. Rather, it’s in the players’ best enough to start almost anywhere else, whose minutes might not even crack double digits this year. Jalen Warley is proof of that fact. A former five-star recruit out of high school and three-year starter in the Atlantic Coast […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
This marks the 25th straight season that Gonzaga has been ranked in the preseason Associated Press Poll. The Zags join Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina as the only programs to appear in each of the last 16 preseason AP Polls. No. 21 Gonzaga (387 votes) has matchups with No. 23 Creighton (158 votes), No. […]
From The Slipper Still Fits | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports The other bball title game is here. You’re probably still basking in the glow of the Stanford Cardinal ’s first women’s basketball national championship in 29 years — why wouldn’t you be? — but if you can’t get enough college basketball, the men’s NCAA Tournament championship game is Monday evening in Indianapolis. It’s an intriguing matchup if you like upstarts, as perennial mid-major power Gonzaga have a chance to win their first national title and they...
From Rule Of Tree | over 4 years ago | 3 reads